Investigation of variants of the aromatase gene (CYP19A1) in female pattern hair loss

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 165, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 703-705

  Redler, S ^a   Birch, M P ^b   Drichel, D ^c   Dobson, K ^a   Brockschmidt, F F ^a   Tazi Ahnini, R ^d   Giehl, K A ^e   Kluck, N ^a   Kruse, R ^f   Lutz, G ^g   Wolff, H ^e   Becker, T ^a,c   Nothen M M ^a   Messenger, A G ^b   Betz, R C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c GERMAN CENTER FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES DZNE   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^e LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f Dermatological Practice   (Germany)

^g Hair and Nail ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; AROMATASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ESTROGEN;

ALLELE; ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FEMALE PATTERN HAIR LOSS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HAIR GROWTH; HAIR LOSS; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ALOPECIA; AROMATASE; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS;

EID: 80052272461     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2011.10456.x     Document Type: Letter

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